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Making Mr. Bungle seem like a group of laid back stoners, Under the Running
Board just explodes within the first 5 seconds of playback. Fusing
grindcore, experimental jazz and the essence of hardcore into a perfect sphere
of pure manic ferocity, these guys have managed to blow away most conventions in
only seven short minutes of airtime. Hopefully this is a preview into their
sick little world, for everything here works, the grindcore vocals, the muted guitar
intricacies, hypergroove drumming... Meshuggah and John Zorn adopt a NYC generic
straight edge band and raise it as their bastard child. A cut above the
noise coming out today, this EP (at $5) is definitely worth putting on the ol'
Christmas list. Relapse also carries the self-titled first album, if you want to hear the
beginnings of the psychosis. 8 out of 10
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1997 Now or Never Records
1998 Relapse Records
